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Terroir at The Porch Introduces ‘White Wine of the Week’

By Jennette MullaneyJune 14, 2013

There's nothing like a bottle of crisp white wine on a summer evening at The Porch. Photo by Nicole Franzen

Paul Grieco of Terroir absolutely loves wine. He reminds us of a learned Bacchus—the Roman god of wine as scholar. In celebration of summer, Grieco is introducing a white wine of the week (say that eight times fast) at Terroir at The Porch—the open-air café serving wine, beer, and small plates on the High Line at West 15th Street.

The first featured wine is a 2012 Sauvignon blanc by Lieu Dit of Santa Ynez Valley, California. It is available through Friday, June 21, for $13 a glass and $52 a bottle. Grieco’s description of the vintage is as funny as it is rapturous, so we’re including the whole thing below:

Sauvignon Blanc, Lieu Dit, 2012, Santa Ynez Valley

100% Sauvignon blanc. While this grape juice hails from the sunny climes of southern California, its heart and soul reside in the Loire Valley of France. In the towns of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, in the far eastern section of the Loire Valley, the Sauvignon blanc grape was born (we think). At the very least, it has found a very happy home in the limestone-dominated soils where its poignant fruit and piercing minerality slay every English knight who came in search of Joan of Arc. Back to our shores: Eric Railsback and Justin Willett have together crafted a new world version of this old world style that electrifies your soul . . . Balance, purity and elegance are their mantra—sort of like the High Line you are visiting now.

We’ll announce The Porch’s new wine of the week each Friday throughout the summer on our Facebook page, so prepare yourselves for several blissful weeks of white wine love.

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Owned by the City of New York, the High Line is a public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.